The next day, before dawn, the candidates who took the government examination gathered in front of the school gate, carrying the examination basket, and entered the school in an orderly manner.

Among the many candidates waiting to enter the venue, Li Hongyu lying on the stretcher was the most eye-catching, and the candidates at the scene looked at him in surprise and whispered to each other, not knowing what happened to Li Hongyu.

Since Li Hongyu's case was only tried in the early morning, very few people knew about it, and even few people in the Li family knew that Li Hongyu had been imprisoned yesterday.

Originally, Zhao Guangfeng wanted Li Hongyu to recuperate at home, after all, Li Hongyu could already gain the fame of Xiucai after taking the Jiangkou County Examination, and there was no need to take the government examination and the hospital examination again.

But Li Hongyu has his plan, and the only way to answer the questions is to insist on participating in the provincial examination, even if he can't pass the first place in the examination, he must be able to rank among the top 50, so that Jiangkou County can increase the number of candidates who are admitted to the top 50 in the provincial examination, and it can be regarded as doing a lot for Jiangkou County.

Zhao Guangfeng saw that Li Hongyu had made up his mind, so he had no choice but to let him participate in the government examination, and because of Li Hongyu's special situation, the prefect Liu Wenxu allowed Li Hongyu to lie on the ground and answer the questions.

The process of the prefectural examination is similar to that of the county examination, except that there are only two examinations, one main examination, the admission is wider, and those who pass the examination can participate in the college examination, and the list is announced in a circle, and the name is replaced by the examination number.

The second is the re-examination, the candidates who have passed the main field can participate, or they may not participate, the first name of the re-examination is the first of the case, and the county examination is the same as the long case of the list, the head of the case will also be awarded the fame of the show, exempted from the next college examination.

Although the government examination also needs to fill in the name, place of origin, age and three generations of resumes, and take the same examination of 5 people to tie up, as well as the birth of the insurance knot, etc., the procedures are similar to the county test, but different from the county test, in addition to the county test in addition to the original one of the students who accepted the guarantee, the government examination also has to send a student as a guarantee, called "Pai Bao", there are two people who are born of the county.

The content of the county examination and the government examination is basically the same, nothing more than the four books and five classics, but the people who wrote the questions are different.

Just when Li Hongyu was answering questions in the Fuxue examination booth, there was a huge change in the handicap of several casinos in Xiangyang City about the head of the government test, that is, Li Hongyu's odds soared from one to two to one to twenty.

Obviously, the people in the casino received the news of Li Hongyu's punishment, so they didn't think that Li Hongyu could take the first place in the middle school exam, so they raised the odds.

However, gamblers are naturally not stupid, and after a little inquiry, they know that Li Hongyu was framed by Zhang and others and received 30 boards, so naturally they will not bet on Li Hongyu, no one believes that Li Hongyu can drag his injured body to win the first place in the government trial.

At the same time, Li Hongyu's matter gradually spread all over the streets and alleys of Xiangyang City, and gradually became the talk of the people after dinner, Li Hongyu is not only the head of the Jiangkou County trial case but also the grandson of Zhao Guangfeng, which can naturally arouse the attention and interest of the outside world.

Li Hongyu definitely didn't bother to pay attention to the rumors about him in the city now, lying on a mattress, with a pillow on his chest, and concentrated on taking the exam.

Although lying there to answer the questions is uncomfortable and laborious, Li Hongyu has no choice, no matter what, he has to pass the main scene of the government examination, otherwise he will not be able to participate in the re-examination to compete for the first place.

In the morning, Xiangyang County Ya.

"Your Excellency, someone has sent a letter." Niu Feng was slowly scrolling through the case at hand in the public room when an errand officer with an envelope in his hand walked in briskly and bowed down to report.

Niu Feng frowned when he heard this, and took the envelope quietly, he just interrogated Li Hongyu yesterday, and someone sent a letter today, which is not a good thing.

However, after reading the contents of the letter in the envelope, Niu Feng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, changed into civilian clothes and left from the back door of the county government with two personal attendants, and soon disappeared into the alley at the back door.

When Niu Feng reappeared, he was already in front of a red-brick and green-tiled courtyard in the west of the city, and an attendant stepped forward and knocked on the door.

Not long after, a manservant opened the courtyard door and bowed down to invite Niu Feng in, Niu Feng didn't notice that the manservant's eyes were a little flustered and flickering because he was in a hurry to enter.

"Lady, how are your feet, have you asked the doctor to take a look?" Niu Feng entered the courtyard with ease, walked straight to a bedroom, and asked with concern before entering the door.

After entering the door of the bedroom, Niu Feng was stunned, and saw a young and beautiful woman sitting on a chair next to the round table in the room with a frightened expression, and a man with a scar on his face sitting opposite the woman leisurely pouring himself a drink, drinking there.

Without waiting for Niu Feng to react, two big men flashed out from both sides of the door, one left and one right, blocking his retreat.

Immediately afterwards, several more big men appeared from the hidden places in the courtyard and controlled Niu Feng's two entourage.

"Who are you, do you know that kidnapping the imperial court official is a big crime of killing the head!" Seeing this, Niu Feng suddenly chuckled in his heart, it seemed that the previous letter was written by the scar-faced man with a fierce face who forced the young and beautiful woman to write it, and the purpose was to deceive him, so his face sank, and he looked at the scar-faced man calmly.

This young and beautiful woman is Niu Feng's outer room, that is, the woman he secretly raised, and it is inconvenient for outsiders to know about it for various reasons.

Just now, Niu Feng received a letter from this woman, saying that she accidentally got a foot pain in the morning, so Niu Feng immediately rushed to check with concern, but he didn't want to fall into the trap of the scar-faced man.

"Imperial court officials?" The scar-faced man sneered disdainfully when he heard this, and as soon as he reached out and pulled out a sharp short knife from his waist, it slammed into the table in front of him, so frightened that Niu Feng's outer room flower almost screamed.

"You...... What do you want? Niu Feng knew that the situation was bad, and the scar-faced man didn't take his official position in his eyes at all, so he said inwardly.

"What you did made the master's master carry the black pot, where in the world is there such an easy thing!" The scar-faced man smiled gloomily when he heard this, stared at Niu Feng and said, "If you don't want to cause trouble, confess the mastermind behind the scenes, otherwise don't blame the uncle for being unkind to you!" ”

As he spoke, the scar-faced man pulled out the short knife on the table, stretched out his tongue and licked the cold blade, and a murderous aura filled his body.

"If you dare to touch your own official, you will definitely be severely punished by the government!" Cold sweat suddenly flowed down Niu Feng's forehead, and he realized that the scar-faced man was not a good person, so he replied calmly.

"Niu Xiancheng, you are such a big official." The scar-faced big man smiled slightly when he heard this, and then glanced at the two big men standing behind Niu Feng.

The two big men immediately came to their senses, and one big man immediately flew up from behind and kicked Niu Feng to the ground, and then the two surrounded Niu Feng and punched and kicked him.

If you pay close attention to it like this, you will find that the two big men avoided Niu Feng's exposed head and hands and other parts, and specially chose those parts hidden in his clothes to beat, which made Niu Feng in unbearable pain and unspeakable pain.

After fighting for a while, the two big men picked up Niu Feng, who was lying on the ground and groaning in pain, and dragged him in front of the scar-faced man.

"Tell uncle, who is the mastermind behind last night's incident?" The scar-faced man grabbed Niu Feng's hair and lifted his face up, and asked gloomily, "Uncle Ben only asks once, and I don't want to be verbose a second time."

Yang ...... Yang Renxiao, the second son of the Yang family, ...... Everything was arranged by him. ”

Niu Feng felt that there was some fishy sweetness in his mouth, and it seemed that blood was spit out of his throat, and he quickly swallowed it back, he now knew that the scar-faced man was an outlaw who would do anything, so he didn't care about it, and said quickly.

"Yang Renxiao?" The scar-faced man couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he heard this, looking very surprised, and then glared at Niu Feng and asked, "He has no grievances with Li Hongyu, why did he do this?" ”

"The second son of Yang used to have a family business, a woman surnamed Qin in Beihe Town, but later because of the damage to the reputation of the young lady of the Qin family at the head of the Li case, the second son of Yang had to withdraw from this family business."

Niu Feng heard the scar-faced man directly call Li Hongyu's name instead of "Li Gongzi" or "Li Case Head", and vaguely felt that he didn't seem to be sent by Li Hongyu, and then explained, "Later, Miss Qin and Li Case Chief were engaged, and Yang Ergongzi thought that Li Case Chief set up a trick to snatch love, so he wanted to teach Li Case Chief a lesson!" ”

"I see." The scar-faced man nodded thoughtfully when he heard this, if things are really as Niu Feng said, it can explain why Yang Renxiao wanted to attack Li Hongyu, this kind of hatred of taking his wife is unbearable if he is a man.

"If you have half a lie, then Uncle Ben won't be so polite next time!" The scar-faced man let go of Niu Feng's hair, and then motioned for the two big men holding Niu Feng to step back, glaring at Niu Feng expressionlessly and said.

"Every word of this official is true, every word is true!" Niu Feng only felt that his body hurt as if he had fallen apart, and hurriedly replied.

"I know for myself!" The scar-faced man glanced at Niu Feng, got up and led the men he brought with him.

"Big ...... My lord, do you want to report it...... Report to the officer. After the scar-faced man left, the two entourages brought by Niu Feng hurriedly entered the house, and one of them stammered and looked at Niu Feng who was covered with footprints and asked.

"You pig's head, if you were a report official, wouldn't you know that this official has an outer room here!" Niu Feng sat on a chair and shouted at the two entourages with an expressionless face, "Remember, today's matter must not be spread outside, otherwise this official will not be able to spare you." ”

"The little one obeys." The two attendants hurriedly bowed and replied.

"What are you still doing, why don't you go to the medical officer to find a bone-setting wine for the officer!" Niu Feng was holding back the fire in his heart at this time, and yelled impatiently at the two entourage.

Seeing this, the two entourages did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ran out with oil on the soles of their feet, and went to find a bone-break wine for Niu Feng.

"Master, it's all the blame for the concubine, if it weren't for the concubine, the master wouldn't be humiliated like this." Niu Feng's young and beautiful outer chamber came to him crying, and said with annoyance.

"Lady, I don't blame you, it's the trouble caused by the master."

Niu Feng shook his head, sighed and said, "The master originally thought that as long as he dealt with Zhao Guangfeng, now it seems that the master is wrong, but I didn't expect that there is a force in this that the master doesn't know!" ”

"Master, they dare to beat the officials of the imperial court, is there any reason for this? If you file a complaint, the government will definitely investigate the matter strictly and find out those who committed the murder and the main messengers behind the scenes. ”

When the outer chamber heard this, he couldn't help but wipe his tears, and said to Niu Feng angrily, beating the court officials is a serious crime in Daming.

"Lady, don't be rash, if their backstage is hard enough, the master's plan is in vain."

Niu Feng suddenly showed a wry smile on his face when he heard this, in the eyes of the outer room, he was a dignified Ming Zheng Eighth Rank Official, but in the eyes of some powerful people in Xiangyang City, he was really inferior to bullshit, let alone a beating, even if he was killed, he could be reported as "sick and died".

It's just that Niu Feng doesn't know where the scar-faced man and others are, it doesn't seem to be on Li Hongyu's side, in his opinion, Zhao Guangfeng is a bright and upright person, and he will never do such a bad thing.

Moreover, if he moves him during this period, it is obviously not good for Li Hongyu, and the outside world will definitely suspect that it was Li Hongyu's hand, so no matter how many people on Li Hongyu's side have to wait for the child test to finish before asking him for trouble.

"Could it be ......" Suddenly, Niu Feng thought of a possibility, and the look on his face suddenly changed.

"Master, what's wrong with you?" Seeing this, the outer chamber couldn't help but ask with concern.

"Nothing." Niu Feng stabilized his somewhat excited mind and said to the outer room, "This official is a little uncomfortable, help this official to lie on the bed." ”

The outer room didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly helped Niu Feng to the side of the bed, and Niu Feng's brows were tightly furrowed along the way, and his face was extremely gloomy.

Just now, Niu Feng thought of a possibility, that is, the scar-faced man was sent by Yang Renxiao, and his purpose was very simple, that is, to provoke him to stab the beating to the government, so that Li Hongyu would first be suspected by the outside world, and his reputation would inevitably be damaged.

The interaction between Niu Feng and Yang Renxiao is just an exchange of interests, and the two are not real friends at all, so Niu Feng thinks that it is possible for him to be stabbed in the back by Yang Renxiao, and it is obvious that Yang Renxiao wants to see Niu Feng holding Li Hongyu tightly.

However, this is just a speculation by Niu Feng, and it is naturally impossible to tell him that women's mouths are unreliable, and God knows when they will cause him trouble.

"Master, can you just forget it?" After Niu Feng lay down on the bed, the outer chamber took off his shirt, only to see that his body was bruised and purple, and he couldn't help but say angrily.

"The master is estimated to be transferred to the political envoy department, as long as he can leave here, this little grievance is nothing!" Niu Feng heard that a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he lowered his voice and said proudly.

"Congratulations to the concubine!" When the outer chamber heard this, his face immediately turned happy, and he hurriedly congratulated Niu Feng.

It turned out that there was a vacancy in the official position of the eighth rank in the Yamen of the political envoy of Huguangbu, and Yang Renxiao promised to help him operate to get this official position, so Niu Fengcai conspired with him to calculate Li Hongyu, and it was obvious that it was difficult for him to stay in Xiangyang City after this incident.

Although he is also an official of the eighth grade, he can get in touch with high-ranking officials and dignitaries when he serves in the Yamen of the Political Envoy Division, which is obviously more conducive to Niu Feng's career in the future.

Niu Feng is not afraid that Yang Renxiao will break his promise, I am afraid that Yang Renxiao, who is a thief, will want him to leave here.